Mountain Gate, California

This article is about the unincorporated area. Mountain Gate is also a small town outside of Redding, California.

Mountain Gate is a census-designated place (CDP) in Shasta County, California, United States.^[2] Mountain Gate sits at an elevation of 915 feet (279 m).^[2] Its population is 815 as of the 2020 census, down from 943 from the 2010 census.

Mountain Gate
census-designated place
Mountain Gate Position in California.
Coordinates: 40°42′48″N 122°20′14″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Shasta
Area [1]
• Total	6.091 sq mi (15.775 km2)
• Land	6.091 sq mi (15.775 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation [2]	915 ft (279 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	815
• Density	130/sq mi (52/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID	2628760
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mountain Gate, California

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 6.1 square miles (15.8 km²), all land.

Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Mountain Gate had a population of 815. The population density was 412.7 inhabitants per square mile (159.3/km²). The racial makeup of Mountain Gate was 673 (82.6%) White, 4 (0.5%) African American, 16 (2.0%) Native American, 15 (1.8%) Asian, 1 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 27 (3.3%) from other races, and 79 (9.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 64 persons (7.9%).^[3]

The whole population lived in households. There were 338 households, out of which 91 (26.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 139 (41.1%) were married-couple households, 41 (12.1%) were cohabiting couple households, 68 (20.1%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 90 (26.6%) had a male householder with no partner present. 104 households (30.8%) were one person, and 57 (16.9%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.41.^[3] There were 201 families (59.5% of all households).^[4]

The age distribution was 174 people (21.3%) under the age of 18, 38 people (4.7%) aged 18 to 24, 162 people (19.9%) aged 25 to 44, 257 people (31.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 184 people (22.6%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.9 males.^[3]

There were 392 housing units at an average density of 198.5 units per square mile (76.6 units/km²), of which 338 (86.2%) were occupied. Of these, 237 (70.1%) were owner-occupied, and 101 (29.9%) were occupied by renters.^[3]

Politics

In the state legislature Mountain Gate is located in the 1st senatorial district, represented by Republican Megan Dahle,^[5] and the 1st Assembly district, represented by Republican Heather Hadwick.^[6]

Federally, Mountain Gate is in California's 1st congressional district, represented by Republican Doug LaMalfa.^[7]